Friday, July 26, 2013

Google prototyping real-time translation technology with 'near perfect' results

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Google is currently prototyping a real-time translation technology that could revolutionize the way people communicate when abroad. Android VP Hugo Barra offered some details on the initiative — which exceeds the scope of Google's current translate services — to The UK Times . "We've got tons of prototypes of that sort of interaction, and I've played with it every other week to see how much progress we've made," Barra said. Google's Babelfish-like concept could theoretically allow two people who speak different languages to speak into a device and have their words translated with zero delay.


Accuracy is paramount here, of course, and Barra says the company is seeing encouraging progress on that front. Google's system has proven...


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Source: The Verge - All Posts http://www.theverge.com/2013/7/26/4560808/google-prototyping-real-time-translation-near-perfect-results

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